Hello, I’m from Bharat. I wanted to talk about decolonization of appearances. Due to the colonial period the ideal person was white. Because of this Indian women often try to get impregnated by white tourists so there children are better looking. This isn’t an isolated incident. There are even “breeding parties” where men will come and impregnate a dozen women at a time. It just reeks of capitalism and colonialist insecurity
>>2391268> apparently it stems from thinking that dark skin is indicative of being a low class labourer that toils in the sun versus an aristocrat or scholar who is sheltered from the elements, so it seems to have a dual origin from pre-existing prejudice from class reinforced by racism from colonialism and western cultural hegemony.Yes this is true, but this changed in the west in modern times where being very pale is indicative of being an office wagie and being tanned indicates that you can lounge around in the sun tanning all day.
>>2391276Indians did have their own form of colorism/racism/casteism within themselves yes, but the colonialism certainly didn't help. That's why I said mostly
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